Cheese is another fermented food that lasts much longer than its previous form, milk. For some foods, like olives, fermentation makes an inedible or bad-tasting food edible or more palatable.

Also, fermented food products often use salt as a preservative. Consuming too much salt may adversely affect health and worsen conditions like cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Food-borne illness. While most fermented foods are safe, it’s still possible for them to get contaminated with bacteria that can cause illness. In 2012, ...

Fermented meat products are a global culinary tradition that harnesses the metabolic activities of indigenous and intentionally added microbes. The dynamic interplay among bacteria in these ...

Is sauerkraut more than just a tangy topping? A new University of California, Davis, study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that the fermented cabbage could help protect ...

Eating fermented foods with live probiotics can have powerful benefits for your body and brain. Here is a list of 11 super healthy probiotic foods.

The traditional Japanese paste tastes nuttier and more roasted when made in orbit, according to an experiment that could help ...

Research undertaken in 2023 revealed that the inoculation of fermented meat systems with specific strains of Limosilactobacillusfermentum notably enhanced acidification kinetics and modulated ...